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Chris Nee

Aston Villa signing Tammy Abraham proves that their biggest transfer window gamble was the deal they didn't make

Tammy Abraham of Aston Villa scores for Aston Villa during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at Villa Park on November 28 2018 in Birmingham, England.

Aston Villa are flying high in the Premier League. Under the guidance of Unai Emery, the second city club have been one of the division’s best-performing sides over a three-year period and are in a positive position in 2025-26.

Villa missed out on a Champions League place last May, setting out the very simplest of objectives for the new season: find a way back in. The Premier League and Europa League are both potential routes but neither looked promising on transfer deadline day at the start of September.

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